Editing Cree language (section)

{{Short description|Aboriginal language continuum}}
{{distinguish|text=the [[Kri language]] or the [[Muscogee language|Creek language (Muscogee)]]}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Cree
| nativename       = {{lang|crk-Cans|ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ}}, {{lang|crk-Latn|nēhiyawēwin}} (Plains)<br />{{lang|cwd-Cans|ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ}}, {{lang|cwd-Latn|nīhithawīwin}} (Woods)<br />{{lang|csw-Cans|ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ}}, {{lang|csw-Latn|nêhinawêwin}} (W Swampy)<br />{{lang|csw-Cans|ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ}}, {{lang|csw-Latn|ininîmowin}} (E Swampy)<br />{{lang|crl-Cans|ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᐊᔭᒥᐎᓐ}}, {{lang|crl-Latn|Iyiniu-Ayamiwin}} (N Eastern)<br />{{lang|crj-Cans|ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ}}, {{lang|crj-Latn|Iyiyiu-Ayamiwin}} (S Eastern)
| states           = [[Canada]]; [[United States]] ([[Montana]])
| ethnicity        = [[Cree]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|96,360|2}},<!--incl. 100 in US--> 27% of ethnic population
| date             = 2016 census
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=41&Geo=01 |title=Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census – Aboriginal mother tongue, Aboriginal language spoken most often at home and Other Aboriginal language(s) spoken regularly at home for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, provinces and territories, 2016 Census – 100% Data |publisher=[[Canada Statistics]] |access-date=2017-11-22|date=2017-08-02 }}</ref>
| speakers2        = (including [[Montagnais language|Montagnais]]–[[Naskapi language|Naskapi]] and [[Atikamekw language|Atikamekw]])
| familycolor      = Algic
| fam1             = [[Algic languages|Algic]]
| fam2             = [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]
| fam3             = Cree-[[Innu-aimun|Montagnais]]-[[Naskapi language|Naskapi]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/cree1271 |title=Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi |date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=[[Glottolog]] |last1=Hammarström |first1=Harald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015114502/https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/cree1271 |archive-date=2022-10-15 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]] |last2=Forkel |first2=Robert |last3=Haspelmath |first3=Martin |last4=Bank |first4=Sebastian}}</ref>
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]], [[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics]] ([[Cree syllabics|Cree]])
| nation           = {{Flag|Northwest Territories}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf |title=Official Languages of the Northwest Territories |publisher=[[Northwest Territories Language Commissioner]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323114247/http://www.nwtlanguagescommissioner.ca/pdf/Official_Languages_Map.pdf |archive-date=March 23, 2012 }} (map)</ref>
| minority         = {{plainlist|
*{{flag|Alberta}}{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
*{{flag|Manitoba}}{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
*{{flag|Ontario}}{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
*{{flag|Quebec}}{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
*{{flag|Saskatchewan}}}}{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
| iso1             = cr
| iso2             = cre
| iso3             = cre
| lc1              = crk
| ld1              = [[Plains Cree language|Plains Cree]]
| lc2              = cwd
| ld2              = [[Woods Cree language|Woods Cree]]
| lc3              = csw
| ld3              = [[Swampy Cree language|Swampy Cree]]
| lc4              = crm
| ld4              = [[Moose Cree language|Moose Cree]]
| lc5              = crl
| ld5              = [[Northern East Cree language|Northern East Cree]]
| lc6              = crj
| ld6              = [[Southern East Cree language|Southern East Cree]]
| lc7              = nsk
| ld7              = [[Naskapi language|Naskapi]]<!--nsk, moe and atj don't belong to the Cree macrolanguage per SIL-->
| lc8              = moe
| ld8              = [[Montagnais language|Montagnais]]
| lc9              = atj
| ld9              = [[Atikamekw language|Atikamekw]]
| map              = 
| mapcaption       = A rough map of Cree dialect areas
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|Six dialects of Cree are classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''.}}
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = cree1271
| glottoname       = Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi
| glotto2          = cree1272
| glottorefname2   = Cree
| image            = Cree_map_simple.svg
| imagecaption     = Historical distribution of Cree peoples
}}
{{Contains special characters|Canadian}}

'''Cree''' ({{IPAc-en|k|r|iː}} {{respelling|KREE}};<ref>{{cite book |author=Laurie Bauer |date=2007 |title=The Linguistics Student's Handbook |publisher=Edinburgh }}</ref> also known as Cree–[[Montagnais language|Montagnais]]–[[Naskapi language|Naskapi]]) is a [[dialect continuum]] of [[Algonquian languages]] spoken by approximately 86,475 people across [[Canada]] in 2021,<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2023-03-29 |title=Indigenous languages in Canada, 2021 |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2023029-eng.htm |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> from the [[Northwest Territories]] to [[Alberta]] to [[Labrador]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/services/secretariat-des-langues-autochtones/official-languages-overview|title=Education, Culture, and Employment|website=Government of the Northwest Territories|access-date=October 4, 2017|archive-date=July 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727215340/https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/services/secretariat-des-langues-autochtones/official-languages-overview|url-status=dead}}</ref> If considered one language, it is the [[Native American languages|aboriginal language]] with the highest number of speakers in Canada.<ref name=":5" /> The only region where Cree has any [[official language|official status]] is in the [[Northwest Territories]], alongside eight other aboriginal languages.<ref name="lang"/> There, Cree is spoken mainly in [[Fort Smith, Northwest Territories|Fort Smith]] and [[Hay River, Northwest Territories|Hay River]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web |publisher=Government of the Northwest Territories |title=2016–2017 annual report on official languages |url=https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/sites/www.ece.gov.nt.ca/files/resources/english_version.2016-2017_ol_ar.pdf }}</ref>